ReText is a simple text editor for Markdown and reStructuredText documents with syntax highlighting and optional live preview.


TextNut is described as 'Will convert your edits into markdown on-the-fly. If you are familiar with Markdown, it is add-on, with a powerful markdown editing mode' and is an app in the news & books category. There are more than 25 alternatives to TextNut for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and iPhone apps. The best TextNut alternative is ReText, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like TextNut are SXMac, MacDown, Haroopad and Markdown Shell Extensions and Editor.
ReText is a simple text editor for Markdown and reStructuredText documents with syntax highlighting and optional live preview.


SXMac is a light, notes like app that can be used as a rich text editor, markdown editor and preview, code editor with more than 100 supported languages. If you need specific files or anything else in one place.




MacDown is an open source Markdown editor for macOS, released under the MIT License. It is heavily influenced by Chen Luo’s Mou.



Haroopad is a markdown enabled document processor for creating web-friendly documents. You can author various formats of documents such as blog article, slide, presentation, report, and e-mail as if experts did.




A Markdown Text Editor to manually edit a markdown file, with instant preview of the output in a HTML Viewer.




MarkdownPad is a full-featured Markdown editor for Windows. Features: LivePreview : Instantly see how your documents look in HTML as you create them. Easy formatting with keyboard shortcuts. Markdown formatting can be applied (and removed) with handy keyboard shortcuts and toolb.




Dillinger is a cloud-enabled, mobile-ready, offline-storage, AngularJS powered HTML5 Markdown editor.

Caret is a Markdown editor for Mac, Windows and Linux. It stands out with its clean interface, productivity features and obsessive attention to detail.












LightPaper lets you write your documents/articles/blogs using powerful features such as markdown, folder navigator, real and live preview, shadow notes, multi-tabs, custom styles, distraction free mode, syntax highlighting, math rendering, full GFM support including GitHub...

Markdown Edit is a Windows desktop Markdown editor with an emphasis on content and keyboard shortcuts. There is minimal window chrome and most functions are accessed through keyboard shortcuts.

